New Issue of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy is Now Available

October 21, 2010

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2010) is new available by subscription only.

Articles include:

  • “Oughtonomy in healthcare. A Deconstructive Reading of Kantian Autonomy” by Ignaas Devisch, 303 – 312.
  • “Free Will and Psychiatric Assessments of Criminal Responsibility: A Parallel with Informed Consent” by Gerben Meynen, 313 – 320.
  • “Death by Request in the Netherlands: Facts, the Legal Context and Effects on Physicians, Patients and Families” by G. K. Kimsma, 355 – 361.
  • “The cultural Context of Patient’s Autonomy and Doctor’s Duty: Passive Euthanasia and Advance Directives in Germany and Israel” by Silke Schicktanz, Aviad Raz, & Carmel Shalev, 363 – 369.
  • “Doctor-cared Dying Instead of Physician-assisted Suicide: A Perspective from Germany” by Fuat S. Oduncu & Stephan Sahm, 371 – 381.
  • “The role of Religion in the Debate about Physician-assisted Dying” by William E. Stempsey, 383 – 387.
  • “Assisted Dying: The Influence of Public Opinion in an Increasingly Diverse Society” by David Badcott, 389 – 397.